I also really want to be able to give more Time, Talent and Treasure to organizations that utilize baseball as a vehicle for social impact.I have begun my real estate education with the usual reading of books/posts and listening of podcasts.

If you are doing the searching, you'll find the treasures.

We have seen out of state buyers bidding zero interest on year one just to lock in years two and three.We also had the former treasurer of Madison County, IL go to jail for bid rigging tax sales.

@Ashley Wolfe you have a treasure trove of good advice here. 

. :)  Just call the county treasurer where the property is. 

I would also love to meet some other Treasure Valley investors from newbies like myself to the seasoned veterans.

Take responsibility for profesionally operating your business.First thing you do is change the locks on the unit and inform the father that he must have written authorisation from your tenant for him to remove items from the unit. 

Although demand for MFR is very high, I think you might have a harder time marketing to local investors in the Treasure Valley simply because there's no value-add opportunities.

Call the county treasurer and ask specifically if same vesting will trigger or not.I hold residential property with debt personally, but if you do decide to do this use a warranty deed, not quitclaim. 

If it's rural with small property lots versus those with acreage then the latter probably has more leeway to store their "treasures" on their own property.